Name: Desulfarculaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. dim. n. Desulfarculus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfarculaceae, the Desulfarculus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Desulfarculus Kuever et al. 2006

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfarculaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1003.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Davidova et al. 2016 Davidova IA, Wawrik B, Callaghan AV, Duncan K, Marks CR, Suflita JM. Dethiosulfatarculus sandiegensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic paraffin-degrading enrichment culture and emended description of the family Desulfarculaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1242-1248. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; ATCC: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfarculus Kuever et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfocarbo An and Picardal 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfoferula" Watanabe et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Dethiosulfatarculus Davidova et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfarculales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfarculaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1003.

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